Zhang Zuolin had already made preparations, and when the third group came to negotiate with the Russians and was beaten back, he began to attack the Russians' positions. Lao Maozi didn't figure out what was going on at first, they fought back when someone hit them, and after a period of exchange of fire between the two sides, the Russians found out that it was the Qing Dynasty troops, and at this time they hurriedly reported to Akberil in Mukden City.

After asking about the cause and effect, Akberil thought that it was because the Russians had caused a small friction because of the burst of guns they had set up first, so he didn't pay attention to it, and sent a liaison officer to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty troops to resolve the matter.

But before the liaison officer was ready, Zaitao came, a thousand artillery pieces of Belle Ye, he didn't pull these cannons out to fight Yang and fight ghosts! Not to mention, the Qing soldiers were really good after being trained by Zaitao for nearly two years, at least much stronger than before.

A thousand artillery pieces overwhelmingly hit the Russian positions, and Lao Maozi was beaten by Xiao Riben without much morale, and after half an hour of artillery bombardment, he rushed and actually tore apart the first line of defense of the Russians.

His cannon shot disrupted everyone!

Zaifeng in Beijing City was extremely angry, pointed at Liangbi and Tie Liang and said: "I said that you can't let him lead the troops, you just don't believe it!" Now it's okay, he poked the sky into a basket, and he went to fight Mukden! ”

Liangbi's brows furrowed: "Prince Alcohol, this matter still needs to be investigated, we have all seen Zaitao's telegram, it was the Russians who started to beat him first......"

Zaifeng slapped it on the table: "You also believe this?!" ”

Tie Liang slowly stood up: "Anyway. Now it's not okay to arrest Zaitao back and ask for the guilt. I'm sure the Russians will have a press conference tomorrow morning and will definitely demand that we withdraw our troops. ”

"Withdraw, withdraw! I pulled out the skin of that kid when I withdrew, and I haven't been humbled yet! ”

Zaifeng drank all the bowl of tea in one gulp, and wanted to drop the teacup, but when he saw it, he found that it was a ceramic from the Ming Dynasty, and he gently put it down.

Tie Liang shook his head: "Can't be withdrawn!" If this is withdrawn, it means that we admit that we have lost money, and it is indispensable to apologize to the foreigners, and Zaitao's life is small. But if Lao Maozi proposes to pay compensation for land cession, how can this be good? Besides, let's let Zaitao withdraw his troops? Because he didn't go to exterminate Yang and beat the ghosts, but he beat the Russians? Prince Alcohol, it's better not to say this! ”

Zaifeng didn't say anything when he heard this. Now Lafayette's body is barely supported, and the affairs of the country are mainly presided over by a few of them, Zaifeng is very clear, Tie Liang is right, if they really tell the people that Zaitao is not going to fight the Russians, but to fight Yang Xiaolin, then the Qing Dynasty is really going to end.

"So what to do?"

Tie Liang took a step in front of Zaifeng: "Now there is only a mistake that will be wrong, no matter what Zaitao does, it will be a matter of the future to clean him up." Now we have to wipe his ass clean! We have two telegrams from him, the time on them is very favorable to us, it is not yet nine o'clock, you go to the French ambassador, I go to the American ambassador, Liangbi to the British ambassador! Let's bite the bullet and say that the Russians shot first! Then let's contact the newspapers, hold a press conference before the Russians, and condemn them first! ”

Liangbi praised this method very much, and took a step forward: "Brother, this hand is high!" ”

Zaifeng slapped the table again: "What's high?" That's all it can be now. Let's go! ”

Who shoots first on the battlefield is always a matter of nonsense, Zaifeng and Mr. Yue Leisel are not clear about this matter in Beijing, and Zaifeng has no intention of making things clear, now he just hopes to pass like this in a daze.

But the Russians clearly don't think so! …,

The Russian Tsar had telegraphed General Akberlir to repel Zaitao's attack. At the same time, troops from the Russian South Manchurian Army were to be drawn to support Akberil. This time they were going to break Jinzhou and swallow the entire northeast in order to make up for the losses suffered by the Russians.

Just as Yang Xiaolin estimated, Lao Maozi suffered heavy losses in the Russo-Japanese War, far beyond their expectations. At this time, they urgently needed a little chicken blood to replenish their physical strength, and Zaitao obviously gave them a reason to kill chickens.

Therefore, after a night of panic, Minister Yue Leisel slowly became pleasantly surprised, and the Tsar had given him an order to immediately start diplomatic activities among the ministers of various countries in Beijing to win the support of various countries.

This was a very difficult order, and neither the British nor the Americans had to think about it, because they did not want the Russians to get the chicken blood to replenish their strength, so they strongly demanded that the two sides stop the conflict first, and then negotiate a settlement of the matter.

The attitude of the Germans is somewhat ambiguous, and the current Germans see that Russia is very wounded, and they do not want Russia to drain its blood, because if the Japanese themselves replace the Russians, Qingdao, the only German colony in China, will be threatened.

The French began to support the Russians, because the French were under military threat from Germany, and at this time they hoped that the polar bear behind the Germans would be their ally. Using the blood of the Chinese to curry favor with Lao Maozi is a very cost-effective deal for the French.

Every country considers this matter in its own interests, and although the reasons they give one by one are so high-sounding, under the high-sounding reasons, all the dirt and filth cannot be concealed.

The dirtiest and dirtiest thing was just like Yang Xiaolin's estimation at the beginning, that a secret agreement had been reached between the Japanese himself and the Russians.

After the sound of Zaitao's cannons rang out, Minister Nichimoto soon made an appointment with Mr. Yue Leisel, and the two of them had almost no politeness or detours, and the little Nichimoto said straight to the point that it was meaningless for the current Japan and Russia to continue fighting.

The meaning of the Japanese side is very simple, they and the Russian army will first cease fire in the area of Liaoyang with the current military demarcation line. At this time, the Russians can go and clean up Zaitao. The ground that has been laid down will not be touched in this regard.

And the Japanese themselves asked the Russians to open a line of defense to Fushun, so that they could attack Yang Dagui, that beast!

Minister Haode also told the Russians that he hoped that this tacit cooperation would become a hot fire for the two countries to resolve the current deadlock.

The Russians did not dare to fully believe in the promises made by the Russians themselves, but this could somewhat free them up, and while the Western countries were still arguing over who was right between the Manchus and the Russians, on the morning of June 10, less than forty hours after Zaitao began to attack Mukden, Commander Kuropatkin in Liaoyang began to prepare for a Russian counterattack.

It's just that this battle is really a bit difficult to fight. Commander Kuropatkin knew. Although Mukden had 100,000 Russian troops, half of them were the Siberian Legion defeated by the Japanese themselves in Lushun, and they had not yet recovered from the shadow of defeat, and Ackberil's original troops needed to recuperate after repeated battles.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Qing army has always been not valued by the Russians. But Zaitao's 1,000 cannons were genuinely placed there. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty troops actually broke through the first line of defense of the Russians in the first day of fighting, which is really a bit incredible.

What makes him most uneasy is that he is really willing to end like this? And that very nationalist bandit Yang fights ghosts, will he not move? You must know that he went to help in the last time Zaitao fought, and this time no one dared to guarantee that Yang would not fight again. …,

Now the Russians could not afford to suffer any more damage, and the commander did not dare to risk it. He decided to fight steadily, first use the fortifications of Fengtian to delay Zaitao's attack, consume Zaitao's troops and morale, wait until the troops in Heilongjiang came, and wait until the day himself and Yang Dagui really fought. The Russians can concentrate Liliang to take out Zaitao!

The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass must go first. The main source of material transport for the Russians was the newly built highway in the Volunteer base area, and the lines of communication they used had become an accessory as the battle progressed.

Now that he wants to fight Zaitao, Yang Dagui may not be able to let the supplies come over, so the commander decided to determine the route for transporting the materials to the route of the original Russians, and not to go from Yang Xiaolin's territory. He sent a telegram to Lieutenant Colonel Bartolov, who was stationed in Siping, asking the lieutenant colonel to prepare for the arrival of the South Manchurian Corps, and the material support work must be completed in advance.

Siping City is a little chaotic now, and there is a tense atmosphere in the whole city, and the situation of the war makes Lao Maozi a little pessimistic. Some Russians living here tried their best to retreat to the north, including some Chinese who had access to the city, and they knew very well how they treated the pro-Russian Chinese.

Liang Tao is now a fur merchant in Siping, and he has partnered with a Russian to run a fur shop. That Russian is the cousin of Lieutenant Colonel Bartolov, so he is now in the eyes of those Chinese people outside. It's a standard traitor.

He took his hometown over as well. There was no way, the child's mother died, and there was no one to take care of it at home. Originally, Huang Bao proposed to let Liang Tao send the child to the base area, but Liang Tao was reluctant, he knew how dangerous the work he was doing, maybe a small mistake could bury his life, he wanted to see the child a few more times, and he could sleep with the child in his arms every night.

From this point of view, he is not yet a qualified spy, a qualified spy cannot have feelings, but Liang Tao has.

A few months ago he married a daughter-in-law, which he probably did not say appropriately, because he bought this daughter-in-law from the Russians with money. This woman used to be a young lady from a large family, everyone in the family was killed by Lao Maozi, she herself was insulted, she wanted to die but didn't die, she was tied up by the Russians and pulled by a rope to be sent to Nanyang to sell, Liang Tao bought her.

Originally, he thought that there would be a woman who could wash his clothes and cook at home, and that he could help him watch the children when he was not at home, but this woman didn't help him do anything after she came, and she didn't even tell him a word.

The woman lived with him but never let him touch her, and once he tried to get into the woman's bed, but as soon as his hand reached in, he was cut by sharp scissors.

Fortunately, the woman helped him watch the child, and the woman and the child seemed to be very close, and the child said that as long as Liang Tao was away, the woman was very good to him.

Liang Tao was satisfied.

After getting up this morning, Liang Tao looked a little distracted, so that the woman looked at it a few more times, but in the end he didn't ask anything. Even if she asked, Liang Tao wouldn't say it.

He received an order from Huang Bao last night, Huang Bao had definite news that the Russian reinforcements would go to Siping, and he asked Liang Tao to find out the preparations for Siping today, and it was best to get the order sent by the Russian commander to Lieutenant Colonel Bartolov.

Liang Tao knew that this task was dangerous, his identity was a businessman, and although he often went in and out of Lieutenant Colonel Bartolov's office, he would not be able to explain it if he took a document out of his safe and was discovered.

Besides, Liang Tao, the safe where Bartolov put the documents, has seen that it may take ten to fifteen minutes to open it himself, so how can he use to gain this time? He kept thinking about it while he was eating.